The opening of an exhibit of special selections from the collection of local art aficionado T. R. “Tom” Wilkinson, III will be marked by a reception, which is open to the public, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 5 at the Cultural Arts Center in Mount Vernon.

The internationally acclaimed Jazz Ambassadors of Washington, D.C. will present a free public performance at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18.

Local area artists Daphne Roehr Hatcher and Gary Hatcher are two of the 12 pottery artists to be featured in the Dallas Pottery Invitational show Friday through Sunday, April 21-23, at The Empire Room in Dallas.